| The Murano Glass Museum was founded in 1861, when the most difficult period in the history of Murano glassmaking had been overcome, following the fall of the Republic of San Marco (1797) and the subsequent years of foreign rule. The museum started to expand faster than the archives due to the fact that a large number of glass pieces made on the island over the centuries, as well as contemporary objects, were donated by the owners of the glass factories. Following the fusion of Murano with the Venice Municipality in 1923, the Glass Museum became part of the Venetian Civic Museums. Today additions are made to the museum’s collection thanks to donations made by the island’s glassworks which enrich, above all, the contemporary collection. |
